Washington Square Park

Street Lab creating new ways to gather in the park since 2014

In 2021, Street Lab returned to the heart of Greenwich Village, where we have showcased new programs each year in Washington Square Park. This year, we brought a new program WRITE which lets New Yorkers type a postcard, write a letter, or join mini workshops in a public writing room stocked with typewriters, fountain pens, calligraphy brushes, and more. Thanks to our host and sponsor in this location, the Washington Square Park Conservancy. Street Lab cultural programs are also supported citywide by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and additional support for our work in Washington Square Park was provided by Con Edison Arts Al Fresco.

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Look back at our work in Washington Square Park across the years

Uni reading room in Washington Square Park

Sep 24, 2016

The Uni returned to one of our favorite parks at the invitation of the Washington Square Park Conservancy, creating a small reading room in the northwest corner of the park on four separate days in September. Our collection was augmented with a loan of books from...

Keeping things happening in East Village and Greenwich Village

Oct 16, 2014

The Uni is about more than books—it's about creating a place where people can gather around books. When we roll out the reading room, people start to acknowledge each other, connect. Sometimes they even read poetry out loud. You don't see many headphones in the Uni....

A Uni reading room in Washington Square Park

May 30, 2014

On May 29, the Uni Project continued a three day run of reading rooms in Tompkins Square Park and Washington Square Park. Middle school-aged boys from day one or day three.)

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